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WHY ABBY FISHER SHOULD STAY MAD (#STAYMADABBY)

Why Abby Fisher Should Stay Mad Graphic (#StayMadAbby) (StayMadAbby)

At what age is sulking no longer acceptable behavior? In the case of Fisher vs. University of Texas, Abigail Fisher seems to be sulking well into adulthood, and she wants others to bear the burden of her pouting. The very

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ON DEHUMANIZATION: SANDRA BLAND, SAMUEL DuBOSE, LEVAR JONES & BOBBY CANIPE

Dehumanization: On Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose, Levar Jones and Bobby Canipe Graphic

Here is one reason why the unfortunate case of Sandra Bland is so terrifying: Citizens are asked to obey and constrain themselves in recognition of the law. Yet, the law is the very thing that certain police officers have transgressed

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ON RACE, RACISM AND THE REBEL FLAG

On Race, Racism, Racists & The Rebel Flag Web Graphic

What is racism? The New Oxford American Dictionary defines racism as “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race

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THE VALUE OF LIFE II

The Value of Life via Moses being Rescued

Any ideology that lessens the value of life from “priceless” to “worthless” therein allows people to be treated not as neighbors, but as commodities. At no other point in my life has the harsh, cruel, oppressive, and perverse order in

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THE VALUE OF LIFE: MICHAEL BROWN, ERIC GARNER, TAMIR RICE, & JOHN CRAWFORD

The Value of Life via Moses being Rescued

There are many tragedies in recent memory where select members of the police (a group officially sanctioned to use force) recklessly use guns against those who are unarmed. The tragic cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner rest heavily on

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RESPONSIBILITY

Responsibility by Hugo Petr Novak

In The Responsible Self by H. R. Niebuhr, the author develops a moral philosophy based not upon rigid rules or prescriptions but instead a flexible algorithm developed by answering two sequential questions: (1) “What is happening?” and (2) “What should

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THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF PROGRESSIVISM

The Hidden Dangers of Progressivism_Cannabis Training University

The New Oxford American Dictionary defines progressive as “a person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.” I would define the dangers of progressivism as “the unrecognized, unseen, or deliberately concealed adverse consequences inflicted on the exact groups

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THE UNFORTUNATE CASE OF ERIC GARNER

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For readers who haven’t yet heard, the case of Eric Garner is a troubling one. Basically, on July 17, 2014, on Staten Island, New York, this man was confronted on the street by NYC police officers. There was a prolonged

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PERVERTED JUSTICE

Perverted Justice The Prophet MIcah

Justice is a term often used to denote a political or social mechanism to restore an offended party to its pre-injury condition, yet we live in a world of perverted justice, which tends to, in fact, not create harmony among

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THE CASE AGAINST REPARATIONS

The Case Against Reparations

The case against reparations is simple: in the 21st century, they simply will not right the wrongs that have been committed. By now, you may or may not have read the article written by Ta-Nehisi Coates in the May 21st,

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